Ecosystem Capacity Quiz

What is the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

• The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

• The minimum number of organisms needed for survival

• The average number of organisms in an ecosystem

• The total number of species in an ecosystem

Which of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor?

• Natural disasters

• Competition for resources

• Climate change

• Human activities

How do disease and parasites affect populations?

• They increase the carrying capacity

• They spread more easily in larger, denser populations

• They decrease the number of predators

• They have no effect on population size

What happens when the population of prey increases?

• The number of predators decreases

• The number of predators increases

• The carrying capacity decreases

• The ecosystem becomes unstable

Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?

• Competition for resources

• Disease

• Natural disasters

• Predation